Consolidated Financing Liabilities
The following table sets forth the composition of EADS’ consolidated financing liabilities, including both short-and long-term debt, as of 31st December 2007:
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31st December 2007 | |||||||
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(in €m) |
Not |
1 year |
More than |
Total | ||||
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Bonds/Commercial paper |
579 |
1,039 |
430 |
2,048 | ||||
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Liabilities to financial institutions |
108 |
301 |
651 |
1,060 | ||||
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Loans |
183 |
166 |
382 |
731 | ||||
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Liabilities to affiliated companies |
163 |
- |
- |
163 | ||||
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Finance Leases |
69 |
52 |
69 |
190(1) | ||||
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Others |
622 |
- |
- |
622 | ||||
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Total |
1,724 |
1,558 |
1,532 |
4,814(2) | ||||
The outstanding balance of financing liabilities decreased from €5.8 billion at 31st December 2006 to €4.8 billion at 31st December 2007. Financing liabilities include liabilities connected with sales financing transactions, which totalled €1,356 million at 31st December 2007. See “Sales Financing”. Of this total, €396 million bore interest at a fixed rate of 9.88% while the remainder bore interest primarily at variable rates.
EMTN Programme. EADS currently has a €3 billion Euro Medium Term Note (“EMTN”) Programme in place. In 2003, it conducted an initial €1.0 billion issue of notes maturing in 2010 and bearing interest at 4.625% (effective interest rate: 4.686%), which was later swapped into a variable rate of 3-month EURIBOR plus 1.02%. Later in 2003, it issued an additional €0.5 billion of notes maturing in 2018 and bearing interest at 5.5% (effective interest rate: 5.6%), which was swapped during 2005 into a variable rate of 3-month EURIBOR plus 1.81%.
European Investment Bank Loan. In 2004, the European Investment Bank granted a long-term loan to EADS in the amount of U.S.$421 million at an interest rate of 5.1% (effective interest rate: 5.1%).
Commercial Paper Programme. EADS regularly issues commercial paper on a rolling basis, under a so-called “billet de trésorerie” programme. This commercial paper bears interest at fixed or floating rates with individual maturities ranging from 1 day to 12 months. As of 31st December 2007, the average interest rate on these borrowings was 4.54%. The issued volume at 31st December 2007 amounted to €501 million. The programme has been in place since 2003 and has a maximum authorised volume limit of €2 billion.
